DIAMONDS OF SIERRA LEONE: THE TRUE MEANING OF FOREVER
Jana Morgan
Dr. John Collins, Faculty Mentor
St. Lawrence University McNair Scholars Program
The politics of denial and increasing global inequality have a direct relationship in the globalized world. This paper presents an analysis of the current situation in Sierra Leone as a case study, focusing on how globalization and the diamond trade have influenced the country’s ongoing struggles with state corruption, war, poverty, and strife. At the same time, this research examines how the international community, specifically the global North, shields itself from these problems by living in a state of perpetual denial over the origins of the products it consumes and its own complicity in this system.